Favs in Pop Culture
THIS song was Hiyabel's top song of 2025 on her Spotify Wrapped. It also made for a great Super Bowl performance.
What is BAILE INoLVIDABLE?
Although she's not the biggest fan of America and pretty much avoids travelling there, when she does, THIS airline is the ONLY one she ever flies with.
What is Delta?
When Hiyabel was 12 years old, she began saying "Ugh, as if" in true LA girl fashion, mimicking an iconic blonde from THIS film.
What is Clueless?
THIS controversial hybrid earns her unwavering defense, no matter how questionable his actions get. He is a one-of-a-kind. An original.
Hiyabel started watching THIS tv show in 2020, and refers to it when explaining what the peak of her cigarette addiction. She loved the show so much that she even went as a character from for Halloween.
What is Peaky Blinders?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: THIS East African Goddess is electric when she's on the attack. She is also Hiyabel's favourite superhero.
Who is Storm?
The birthday queen takes any moment or chance she gets to play THIS game. A daily practice that’s turned her into a true gambit.
What is Chess?
THIS introspective album blends memory, vulnerability, and experimentation into a defining soundtrack of modern R&B. The birthday girl played “Self Control” on repeat to survive her senior year.
What is Blonde?
Hiyabel is not proud of being a vaper, but she has a thing about consistency. THIS particular flavour is her most beloved, and you'll always see her have it in hand.
What is Mango Twist?
THIS club was Hiyabel's playground for a good duration of her dark clubbing days on King St. Located at the heart of Toronto, it's also a few steps away from where she worked in 2024.
What is Kissa?
Although Hiyabel has never believed she has a celebrity lookalike, she has been told that, off the strength of her attitude and botched accent, she reminds people of THIS musical artist (she clings to this comparison)
Who is Rihanna?
Among the many weird things Hiyabel does is collect these momentos from her friends. THIS particular thing is something she revisits often for a good laugh.
What is her quotes list?
When Hiyabel was 9, she went on a safari and saw her favourite animal (at the time) in person. She saw THIS animal even go on a live hunt.
What is a cheetah?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: THIS linguistic pet peeve reveals her inner snob—one she’s actively unlearning as she steps into her 26th year.
Spelling Errors/Mispronounciations
Hiyabel is known to essentially post the entire concert when she attends one. THIS big stepper artist, whom she saw in 2022 had at least 12 stories dedicated to him.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
In THIS contemporary adaptation, the science of deduction becomes both a weapon and a flaw. It happens to also be Hiyabel's favourite TV show of all time.
What is Sherlock?
Firmly off Hiyabel’s plate are two foods she hates to eat: one tropical and deceptively sweet, the other known for slow cooking.
What is papaya?
What is lamb?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: While her music taste can span, for the first 10 years of her life, she primarily listened to Disney music and music from THIS decade.
What are the 60s?
THIS small detail is what will often, but not always, completely pull her out of a movie or show. She can't help it.
Historical inaccuracies
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: THIS place is known for its dazzling vineyards and insane Renaissance heritage... it also happens to be where Hiyabel wants to retire.
What is Tuscany?
More than entertainment, THIS 60s/Baltimore based musical became a touchstone! Uniting dance, television, and progress in a story she’s always loved.
What is Hairspray?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: It's not a secret that Hiyabel is part of many Fandoms. However THIS one is one she has steadily avoided, often citing its fans as having something she calls "Main Character Syndrome."
What is Anime?
Having grown up an only child, Hiyabel entertained herself in many ways. Having watched THIS particular film when she was 7, it inspired her to write her own spellbook and even carve her own sun pendant.
What is Twitches?
THIS animal was all she could talk about in 2024. Her entire explore page was all about this animal. She even had a folder in her photos dedicated to this animal.
Who is Moo Deng?
Hiyabel has been writing a book since 2024 that covers all her obsessions, including systems of power, memory and colonialism. THIS particular element is what sets her story apart.
What is African Mythology?